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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology enable people in all parts of the world to take online courses. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are many subjects that online learning organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Turkey to conduct these MOOCs? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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